OMG I’m 30!
So, um, happy birthday to me?
I said it on Twitter just a couple of days ago “I spent my teens denying myself and my twenties finding myself. Guess I’ll spend my thirties BEING myself, insha’Allah.” And this is true.
I will no longer apologize for being me. Check the sign on the door. This site is named SUMAYYAH Said So. Not BLACK Sumayyah Said So. Not MUSLIM Sumayyah Said So. Not MOMMY Sumayyah Said So. SUMAYYAH Said So. What you see here are the things that happen in MY head. I’m not here to cater to anyone. This may lose me followers or incite some backlash, but I have to be true to myself. Besides, love me or hate me, as long as I can make you think, then I have done my job.
Why?
… because Sumayyah Said So, that’s why.
Happy Thanksgiving, Eid Mabrook, Happy Chanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to me!
P.S. To my wonderful parents, Gary and Patricia Lindsey – Thank you for giving birth to me and bringing me into this world. Thank you for raising me to be open-minded and down to Earth. Thank you especially for encouraging me to write. 30 years ago today you gazed upon my face for the first time, and I upon yours. Thank you for being there all these years. I love you!
January 2, 2010 3 Comments
when – a poem
To start the new year off right..
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when
will we stop
excusing
the ignorance that passes
for innocence
the buffoonery
that dilutes
the existence of greatness
within
when
will it stop
these embarrassing displays
of self-mutilation
this thinly disguised
self-hatred
these
out of proportion denials
of truth
we freeze
the idiot box
on stations that carry
caricatures of nature
we slap nonsense
between two covers
and call it a book
we ignore our elders
disdain their advice
and make a mockery
of love
when will it cease
and desist
we call for
revolution
and wait for others
to change
our glass houses
are full of cracks and holes
a Wise One said
be the change you wish to see
but i guess the memo
wasn’t passed around
when will we be
at ease
and safe
in our skin
when will we stop believing
that different
means
inferior
that darkness is
a curse
that the streets
love us
and go home
when will we make a home
of acceptance
stop rejecting our youth
and deepen our roots
when
will we
be free
January 1, 2010 No Comments
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December 12, 2009 2 Comments
why i write
To all those who have asked…..
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why i write
i write
to free my soul
to ease my mind
from the burdens of guilt and pain
from the daily prejudices
against my faith
my color
my sex
my tax bracket
my choice of occupation
my level of dedication
to the struggle
and sometimes
just to be
heard
i write because the words
beg to be freed
from the cages
of hostility
and conformation
because the pen
beseeches me
calls out to me in my sleep
hold me
use me
make me your tool
i only wish
that i could dance
to twist and contort my body
to leap and stomp
to express these things
to give the people
something to see
and i am thanked
by the fluttering of my heart
and
the calmness of my spirit
i have released
the demons
the locks and the chains
the barbed wire has been set aside
and the wall has come down
silently
why do i write
i write
to be
me
June 21, 2009 4 Comments
